Voices From Iceland - 15 Icelandic writers and poets at the Göteborg Book Fair in Sweden 24. – 27. September
Icelandic writers will be a prominent feature at the Götborg Book Fair under the header Voices from Iceland.
Among the Icelandic authors in the program in Göteborg are the Icelandic crime writer Arnaldur Indriðason, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Jón Kalman Stefánsson and Jónína Leósdóttir together with her wife Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, former Prime Minister of Iceland.
The Icelandic Literature Center will focus on ensuring the visibility of Icelandic literature at the Göteborg Book Fair in September, where Icelandic writers will be a prominent feature under the header Voices from Iceland.
The Icelandic Literature Center has undertaken a three-year promotional push in the Nordic countries, aiming to increase the number of Nordic translations of Icelandic literature. In collaboration with the Icelandic embassies in Copenhagen and Stockholm, Oslo and Helsinki, ILC has staged events to present Icelandic contemporary literature to Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish publishers.
In September this year the Icelandic Literature Center will also focus on ensuring the visibility of Icelandic literature and Icelandic authors at the Göteborg Book Fair under the title Voices from Iceland, where no less than 15 Icelandic authors will participate in around 40 programmes.
Among Icelandic authors in the program in Göteborg are the Icelandic crime writer Arnaldur Indriðason along with Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Jón Kalman Stefánsson and Jónína Leósdóttir together with her wife Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, former Prime Minister of Iceland.
Icelandic authors at the Göteborg Book Fair:
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Gerður Kristný
Áslaug Jónsdóttir
Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
Jónína Leósdóttir
Sigurbjörg Þrastardóttir
Jón Kalman Stefánsson
Bergrún Íris Sævarsdóttir
Arnaldur Indriðason
Valgerður Þóroddsdóttir
Einar Már Guðmundsson
Þórarinn Leifsson
Andri Snær Magnason
Kári Tulinius
Einar Kárason
Árni ÞórarinssonThe Göteborg Book Fair is the biggest event of its kind in the Nordic countries, and is visited by over 100,000 guests each year. The Icelandic stand in Göteborg will be designed by HAF studio. The project is supported by the Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Promote Iceland, the Icelandic Publishers Association, the Nordic House in Reykjavík, Icelandic Embassy in Stockholm and in collaboration with Reykjavik Unesco City of Literature.
Plan for the Icelandic stand at the Göteborg Book Fair 2015 |
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